The winning culture developed under Rennie certainly helps the former and it also plays its part in the latter, with the likes of Tasman's James Lowe choosing to spurn the Crusaders in favour of a shift north.

Lowe, who clinched victory in Christchurch, was one of a number of the bench brigade to impress against the Highlanders, with Tasman teammate Liam Squire setting up the winning try and Andrew Horrell also busy upon his introduction.

"We've got good depth and we've got a lot of confidence in our bench, so we were really happy with the contributions of those guys," Rennie said.

Tawera Kerr-Barlow and Tanerau Latimer were both stand-outs after recovering from injury to make their first starts. And, with the casualty list set to drop from double figures to just two or three before the Stormers visit Hamilton in two weeks, the reinforcements will keep on coming.